Obama camp: Rep. Boren ‘has his facts wrong’

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Hill

Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s campaign, in an internal memo, is disputing one Democratic congressman’s characterization of the Illinois senator’s record after the member went on the record Tuesday saying he would not endorse his party’s nominee.

Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) told The Associated Press that Obama is too liberal for his district, and he does not work well with Republicans despite his rhetoric.

In the internal memo, which was obtained by The Hill, the campaign lays out surrogate talking points and says that “unfortunately, Congressman Boren has his facts wrong.”

The document outlines a way for surrogates to refute charges that Obama does not have a history of reaching across the aisle, though it does not offer any suggested talking points for dealing with Boren’s charge that Obama is “the most liberal senator in the U.S. Senate.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/obama-camp-rep.-boren-has-his-facts-wrong-2008-06-11.html

[Lautremont]

1. This guy sounds like a bit of a boron.

[Dr.Phool]

10. Wouldn't that be a Boran?

He's a lying sack of shit. They trotted out that same bullshit against Kerry in 2004.

[Fridays Child]

16. LOL! Yes, it should!

:rofl:

[w13rd0]

2. Interesting...

...but I've been to Oklahoma, and I don't think I share their values.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Oklahoma--

Land of nervous sheep.

[sazemisery]

5. No, that would be Arkansas

The pigs and cows are nervous here.:hi:

[pattmarty]

9. Hey, I (now) live in Arkansas. And I always thought that brothers .....

....were just overly protective of their sisters.:sarcasm:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. No. Chickens. Arkansas is famous for its chickens

Though my neighbor raises sheep and goats. Great guy, VVAW since the 60s, helps run the pirate radio station.

[sazemisery]

4. Please don't mischaracterize us here.

All Okies don't share the same values. I consider myself a yellow dog democrat. Boren stands with the Blue Dog Democrats , a centrist, conservative branch who gangs up with the Republicans on many issues. But I wasn't going to vote for the Repug when he ran, would you?

[a la izquierda]

8. Not originally from Oklahoma...

but I live here now. Sure, there are knuckle-dragging rednecks here that are an abomination to the human race (i.e. like the jackass who decided to knock down birds nests, killing 186 baby birds in the process the other day), but there are those sorts in every state, even the bluest of the blue states. Some of the most enlightening, leftist people I've met live here and are actually born and raised in the rural parts of the state.

[pattmarty]

6. Get Emanuel to put the screws to this guy by not funding his campaign.

Then we will see what he has to say.

[noonwitch]

12. So, we don't have a big tent anymore?

We are not the GOP-our members can have diverse views on issues.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

20. There is diversity, then...

There is "off the reservation". Dan Boren has gone very far off the res. If he thinks he can pull a Lieberman, then he deserves the repercussions.

[Cha]

25. Exactly..there's Democrats and there's

dinos..which is he? It's not Obama doesn't reach out to the blue dogs or anybody for that matter.

[BR_Parkway]

27. Be interesting to see how he wants Sen Obama to fundraise for him

be even more interesting to see the Rep reminded of his comments - and possibly fund raise for a primary rival.....

[pattmarty]

26. Well they can't be like Lieberman or Zell miller, can they?

I don't expect lockstep, but what I do expect is for Democratic candidates and members to support the general tenets of the party and to DEFINITELY support their nominee for President.

[David__77]

7. God how I wish he lost his primary when he won this seat.

His opponent was a progressive Native American woman who happens to now be an Obama delegate. This is the THE democratic district in OK, and we can get someone better elected there than this piece of...

[swilton]

24. Kalyn Free was his Democratic Primary Opponent

She now is active in promoting indigenous people to run for political office - INDN.org

Boren, a Blue Dog Democrat, took advantage of name recognition and the backing of his father - former Governor of Oklahoma and former Senator, David Boren who is now President of the University of Oklahoma.

I hope with the Obama Administration we can diminish the influence of some of these legacies and the nepotism that infects our democratic processes.:patriot:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. Talking points re: the charge that Obama is the "most liberal" in the Senate:

1. Obama is not calling for Universal Health Care

2. Obama is not a Yellow Dog Democrat; he's a centrist

3. Obama has called for military action against Pakistan and Iran; not necessarily the emblem of a liberal

4. Obama has not called for Bush/Cheney to be impeached, as most liberals (and dare I say it, many Americans) want

5. Obama is NOT for gay marriage but he is for civil unions. Liberals generally support full marriage rights for gays/lesbians.


These are the Talking Points that I can come up with so far. They are the major ones...

[sshan2525]

14. Is there a progressive Dem running......

against this idiot so I can send them money? We don't need Dems like this jerk.

[JCMach1]

18. Sorry, but it's Oklahoma, he's about as liberal as you will get

[Barb in Atl]

15. What worries me most...

...is The Hill getting a copy of the memo. So far, I can only remember this and the other memo with talking points re: Clinton race baiting.

I hope this is going to continue (or get worse)

And this joker Boron? Let's hope he gets another challenger in two years or so. Perhaps they will have better luck.

[WhiteTara]

17. don't throw me into that briar patch

says the repuke...and heh heh heh, now to prove he isn't liberal, Obama will have to become a repuke himself....
I say ... Please don't let Obama become Clinton

[MasonJar]

19. Obama is far from the most liberal. He is actually close to centrist. This

so-called dem is obviously a neo-con.

[LiberalFighter]

21. What are the basis for Boren's charges? Any?

[debunkthelies]

22. Not like the Father

I guess Rep. Boren doesn't agree with his father Senator Boren, because David Boren did endorse Senator Obama.Hmmm, we live in interesting times.:shrug:

[Cha]

23. I don't know what boren's agenda is, but

we all know Obama is always reaching out for compromise so his "I won't endorse the Democratic nominee even though I'm suppose to be a Democrat" rings HOLLOW.